An Igbo poem from eastern Nigeria. This poem is from the Odo masquerade when, through masked dancers, the ancestors speak to the living.
I live by the Ngwu tree
Near the Nkwo market…
Oral Poetry from Africa
Filed Under: Poems of Gods & Ancestors
An Igbo poem from eastern Nigeria. This poem is from the Odo masquerade when, through masked dancers, the ancestors speak to the living.
I live by the Ngwu tree
Near the Nkwo market…
This site opens a window on something that will be new to most people, namely, the vast amount of superb poetry hidden away in the 3000 different languages spoken in Africa … More